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Run  Yank  or  die 
Conf  Pam  #679 

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RUN  YANK  OR  DIE. 

Tune— Root  Hoe  or  Die  ! 


Now  if  you  w.jll  listen  while  I  relate. 
About  the  cause  of  freedbm  1  come  here  to 

calculate; 
Old  Abe  he  tried  to  eosiave  us  and  soon  it 

was  the  cry. 
Oh!  Liberty  forSoutho.'n  boys  :  run  Yank 

or  die  ! 

Chorus— Hurrah  for  slavery,  th<-!  Southor- 
•  ners  are  the  Boys,  ^ 

For  singing  and  fighting  and  stopping  Yan- 
kee no  ise ; 
The  whole  Confederacy  is  getting  up   the 

<-■•■}'•  •  * 

IIo  !  Big  Yank,  Little  Vaiik!  Kun  Yank  or 
die? 

Tlio  finest  lookinof  mortal  that  ever  I  did  sec 
He  tied  John  Urowu.  to  a  wliiie  oak  nec  ; 
To  see  liim  tie  the  rope  you  ought  to  stood 

'Twtts  done  with  South  Carolina  cm  ton,  run 
Yank  or  die.  Choru-;. 

Tliere's  fild  Andy  Johnson  of  F-nstTeniicsei; 

lie's  gone  and  joined  Lincolu  to  set  the  nig- 
gers free  ; 

"But  when  he  undertakes  it,  he's  sure  for  to 
sigh — 

He'll  back  frorii  the  Southern  lioys — Run 

Yank,  or  die  !  Chorus. 

• 

The  Little  Nortbern  Yankees  are    getting 

very  sick, 
Tliey  don't  like  our  medicine,  hetause  ills 

so  liiick  ; 
And  when  they  go  to  take'it  itssure  to  hurt 

their  eye, 
Tli6y  don't  like  Southera  pills  I   Run  Ynnlc 
!      or  die.'  Chorus. 

AVe  are  gong  out    to  Richmond  to  get  all 

the  news, 
■\V'e  are  coming  bnck  by  Washing f on  to  get 

Old  Lincoln's  shoes  ; 
Anid  as  we   w.ijji    the  streets  the  Yankees; 

tboy  .will  shy — 
They  \vill"shout  it   is  Souiliern  boys — Run 

Yank,  of  die  Ctiorus. 

Old  General  Scott  is  a  miguiy  great  sinner. 
He  never  co  nes  to  fight  bat  he's  sure  to  bring 
his  dinner  ;         •    *. 
'When  he  saw  the  boys  acoming,    it    was 
ti-^6  foi"  iiiin  to  fly, 
Foe  Jeff  Davis  was  ^fter' him-r- Run  Yank 
or  dif.   ^  .  '-       Chorus 

The  little  Northern  Y:;   'vj^  ■.  ui;  ly.tling  very 

They  brought  down  thcir.dinneranJ  sat  it 

■  on  our  land  ;       _  .       ,.      '     — 
They  had  all  kinds" of  dpiceJ-mixed  up  in  :i 

•  pie — 

But- ibo    SoniliCrn  chaps  cat  it  up-^Kuii 
Y'atik  ftr  die.        "  ...  ;  .     Cliorus. 

TherD  were  Northern  ladies — -nu  doub'lthcy 

looked  iino, 
Standings  ronn  1  the  tab'.Vi   v,;i!i  demijohns 

of  \\\:i'\ 
But  wiiph  they  saw  us  lomiiTg  iheymado 
.     their  hoops  flv,    • 
Twas  no  pjacc  for  women  .folk.3.  run  Yank 

or  di«.  '  Chorus. 

Old  Abe's  head  is  now  a  ,"/•(!. ini;  ^-ray, 
He  asks  Gen.  Davis  for  r.     ■.:(■! y  cbys  stay: 
He  iiad  to  liavo  n  OTf   ....  ;-d 'ime  to  i;  / 

Uut  Jefi'T.     ■''       '    ■'■■■■:   ■  ■      '7»:  Yaai^ 

■  01  die. 


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